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OAKLAND DA1IA EVENING TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1888. HE KNEW MB. HAYEKS. COUftTIER BLAIZE. JUST TALK.

CAPTAIN WILSON'S PEOPKETY.i Sere' a Heap Tromble on do Old the work. It will require the ex-I enditure of $00,000 to get a proper plant. The dredging job at the 1 ,31,3 .1 OTJESi sf Trimmings, if Damaged by Eire and Water Jj- WI3L.X. BE SCXIVD AT 1165; Washington Street, near Foeteentn" ABRAHAMSON BROTHERS. Sale Commences at 9 A.

M. Ii .1 i TiV FftBfiY, i And STATIONERY, MondayJ -Tune 25th, Baskets, Cutlery 3 86 BROADWAY S. KUMYSS BOOBS. Eurses, Handbags, I and Jewelry. 1T.A.IIY PAPERS.

I S. CHRONICLEI I I LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FIREWORKS. CHARLES MOISE iDRINK B. MILE IHIArvilPAOuVIE FOIi DYSPEPSIA, TBI STOMACH TO RETAIN AS IT ENABLES 1 Price per bottle (quart) sts -fTIce, per ii desen bottles, 7s Price, pet dosen bottles, ..5 00 Pries, Champagne Tap. .1 00 PACIFIC BAKING 1214 San Pablo I Avenue.

Oakland. NO OTHER BREAD LIKE IT OJf COAST. rvni ttia fcMt material nsed. and handled entirely bv machinerr. All efforts bT Story of Young Han, Cheek, and a Suspicions Depaty.

Yesterday afternoon a raWer green looking young man, who said his na ae was R. Summers, applied at tne Mar shal's office for a license, saying he wanted to sell shirts. The license, costing $10, was duly made ont by Deputy Benjamin, and Summers pre-. sented a check for 10 in payment, made ont on a bank ot which Benjamin had never heard, and signed by Cohen Johnson, a firm which Benjamin did net know, though bummers had their card showing that they were enstora shirt makers doing business at room 5, 223 Kearny street, San Francisco. There have been Be many skin garner and queer checks turning np in Oakland recently that Benjamin was suspicious of 8u turner's paper.

He thought it queer Wat a check on a San Francisco bank should be brought to Oakland to pay such a small bill as $10. 8o he asked Summers if he knew anyone who would indorse him and the check. He said he knew Mr. Havens of the Blake House. "The you jg or the old Mr.

Havens asked Benjamin. "The young man." "Come across the hall!" Sow Boacoe Havens of the Blake House works in the City Assessor's office. He is not o'er young; still, he is not as old as his father. So be might be called "the yeung Mr. Havens." "Do yen know this man?" asked Benjamin, directing Havens' attention to Summers.

"Nop. Never saw him that I know of," was the laconic response. So Benjamin refused to hand over the license, and Summers went oat to find the elder Havens or some other indoseer. He has not yet returned. They Art Fighting a Good Seme of the fruit fld peanut men who moved their stands np against the walls when Marshal Tompkins arrested them for blockading the sidewalks propose to fight the Marshal's further efforts to drive them from the sidewalks entirely.

They have retained attorneys, and Wis morning two wiio were arrested yesterday demanded jury trials and had their cases set fer trial daring the first week in July. But the Marshal rearrested them at once, and says he proposes to arrest them every day until they clear the sidewalks. Then he may turn his 'attention to the bootblacks. 1 i Colt of a Big Job. The contract and engineer's certifi cate on the grading, macadamizing, and curbing of Twenty-third avenue, from Park avenue to East Twenty-thiid street, have been filed' with the Marshal.

The total cost of the work was $12,068 17, divided as follows: Cutting, 42; filling. $507 80; macadam, $f74 81; curbing, $715 98; crosswalks, $203 49; culverts, $559 14; engineer's fees, $318 53. The assessment per front loot is i ii. crossing rates average about 30 cents per foot. Called Away.

Last night Benjamin H. Bagnail died after a few weeks sickness at his resi dence on Myrtle street. The deceased was a native of Massachusetts, aged 44 years, and had been for some time past employed as an accountant in the railroad offices at Fourth and Town-send streets. San Francisco. Mr.

Bag-nail leaves a wife and family. He was a member of Oakland Lodge, No. 188, of Masons, and will be buried under the direction of Wis lodge at 2 clock to-morrow afternoon. Chasing Book. Carroll Cook still retains possession of We law library of his father, the late Elisba Cook, though be had a lively time yesterday dodging a writ of replevin issued in the suit of his mother, William etta H.

Cook, to re cover we books, inally ne gave a bond for their value and will retain them until the suit is tried. He says-he will be able to prove his title to them.j A Corrected JLieena. On Tuesday evening Rod W. Church Deputy County Clerk, was called out at 10 o'clock at night to issae a marriage lcense to Fred Coek Kiagslcyin order that he might marry Mr. Amaario Herr, a Comstoci.

widow. A liaensa was iwiM in Ban Ftanciseo and arrangements were made for the wedding, whea it was discovered Wat the name of the brld was spelled wrong. The County Clerk who issues the liasnse being out of town, the couple came to Oakland and took out a correct license. Hibernian' Election. At a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division No.

3, last evening, at St. Mary's Hall on Seventh and Grove streete. the following officers were elected for the ensuing term P. Mullen, President; J. Smith, Vice President; John Bryant, Becording Secretary; J.

Fiannery, Corresponding Secretary; B. McMann, Treasurer. Diphtheria' Victims. A case of diphtheria was reported to-day from East Seventeenth street near Seventh avenue. Recently Ellen Madi Moore, We 4 year -old daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. F. W. Moore Jdied at 1752 Fifth street, of the same dread disease. 'A Kew Attorney.

H. C.McPike haa bee a substituted for Edward Lynch as attorney forj. W. Pearson in the suit of M. A.

Bills against A similar substitution has taken place in the suit of Alameda eounty against Mr. Pearson. High Dudgeon. Sarah C. Dudgeon sued W.

H. Dudgeon for a divorce, and the suit was brought in this county. The defendant has moved that it be transferred to Sacramento county, as he resides there. -j i A Dead Plaintiff. J.

B. Lamar, the executor of the estate of Michael Bogan, has been appointed plaintiff in the suit brought by Michael Bogan against Salz Co. New Dog Tags. The City Marshal has received the dog tags for the next issue.1 These will be sold on and after July 1st, and will exempt the canine wearer from impounding for one year. POLICE COURT.

Benshaw, Judge; June 21st: Catherine Fletcher and W. J. Bostwick, drunk; pleaded guilty; judgment ua-peDded. John Smith, drunk: pleaded (rnilty; fined t6 or three daya. John fimita, exhibiting deadly weapon: no complaint.

Harry Piummer, battery; pleaded not guilty; demanded a jury trial; ease set for to-morrow. Hiram Sanders, burglary; examination et for- to-morrow. John Martin and Harry Baaciiio, maintaiaing a auisaiiee; pleaded net gailty; demanded Jury trials; cases set for July and 6th, reflectively. Antone Manual, maintaining a nuisance; continued till Jane 25tn to plead. Maggie Denny, dirtorblng the peace: forfeited bail.

Theodore DaU, exposure of person; no complaint 6. W. Walker, violating ordiaan; reset for Joly 25th. John Qui ley, vagraney. and Ah Chung, two charp Bailing lottery ticket; cinnMsed.

James Carter and Track William, disturbing We peace; tried, found guilty: each ordered imprisoned for three dy. 5' Man' Mind. The suit of John Overton against Jessie Wilson, William I. Wilson, and K. C.

Babcock, the assignee of Captain Wilson's estate, is a thorn in the side" ot Mrs. Jessie Wilson, who is suing her husband for divorce. The suit is for the purpose of quieting title to the land in West Oakland that old Captain Wilson is said to have deeded to Priscilla Burtch, who in turned deeded it to Overton. paDcoca is we assignee ot tne estate oi Captain Wilson, appointed during his insolvency. The Mrs.

Jessie Wilson C. Babcock, have: filed answers denying Overton's claim, and have also filed cross-complaints. The plaintiff now has given notice that he will move to strike ont the pretended answer and cross-complaint of Babcock, on tne grounds that he had no right to file it. Married by Bridegroom. John Wbelan and Mary McCoy -of San Francisco were married by Justice Ogden yesterday.

i Grand Fourth of July Parade. Oakland people seem to be losing their grip when -they cry others are going off on a vacation, or camping, on We glorious Fourth, and consequently we will have no parade. Those of yon who would like to enjoy yourselves and be happy should not neglect to; can ana secure a bargain in noasenoid goods at H. SCHELLHAAS'S, 408 street. I A Large Btoek of Watches.

John Frey of 1768 Seventh street has the largest stock of watches in Oakland, making a specialty of accurate timepieces. Mr. Frey carries a varied stock of fine jewelry, also. Has been established in Oakland since 1875 and a praetieal jeweler of thirty-five years experience. The Bon Ten Boathoase.

Thomas N. Kendall, late Commodore of B. W.Y. C. of San Francisco, haa the Bon Ton Boathouse.

he fastest boats are nnder thorough rentnng, ana wui be in nrst class con uiuuu ui a iew uays. DIED. BAGNALIs In this etty, Jane 20, Benjamin H. Bar nail, a native of Massachusetts, aged 44 years knd 8 daya. i Friends aad acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral TO-MORROW (Friday), at '2 p.

from. Masonic Temple, coraer of Twelfth and Washington streets, nnder the auspices of Oakland No. 188, Tree and Accepted Masons. THB OFFICERS AMD MKMBESS ot Oakland Lodge Kb. 188, Free and Accepted Masons ar hereby notified to attend ac ailed meeting TO-MOER0W (Friday), at 1 p.

for be purpose or attending- the funeral of oar late dereaned brother, Benjamin Ii. Bag nail. By order of the W. M. A.

K. CLARK, Secretary, i Candidates' Announcements FOR STATE SENATOR. I HEREBY AITOOrjNCB MYSELF AS a candidate for mate Senator from the Seventeenth Senatorial district, subject to the decision of the Bep ublican Con venilo a. Oakland. April 37.

1888. E. MESSAGER, CLOAK STORE, 145 Post San Francisco Just Received the Newest Styles la BEADED WRAPS, LADIES' JACKETS. large selection of TEA G-OTrVKBTO, Direct Importation from Paris and New York. Also Ladies' Suits in Stock and Made to Order 1 1 Spiritualists Camp FaeaaAMiiK voa tfi Wkik.

edne day evening at 7:30, Mrs. i George cnainey win epeaa, followed Dy tests cy j. v. Mansfield, Thursday, :30 p. Mrs.

R. S. Ulile will speak; 7:0, addresa by Mrs. J.I ScblessiDger, followed by tests by Edgar W. Emerson.

Friday, -children's day," 7:30 a. literary and mnaical entertainment, admission 25 cents. Saturday, 10 a. fact meeting 3 :30 v. experience meeting 7 the entire evening devoted to tests by Edgar W.

Emergen. J. J. Morse will bold a developing circle Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday mornings, at admission, 25 cents.

J. CoK vllle will crre lessons in spiritual science, Monday. WMnMdav. and FridAv mnrninss at 410 o'clock. Admissloa, 10 cents.

The grounds are located on tne eastern snore or Uute Mer ritt. i i i i A. 0. H. -Divisor.

No. A special kneeling of the I above named divisou will meet in 8t. Mary's Hall THIS JSVJKMNU at 7:30 o'clock sharp for the Trarjsose of electing officers for the ensuing term. rer order i. o.

alcyrain, u. i Michakl Bplltvah, President. LOUISVILLE RESTAURANT AND OYSTEB FABXOB, 910 Broadway, Oakland, The neatest and best restaurant in Oakland, Oueo. day and night. Private roorss for ladies.

iJOHN SLAVlCH.VroMtejtoiv PIONEER FRENCH BAKERY, n. Loaf e. 617 Broadway, bet 1st and 2d. Best of French tread, sure to enra dyspepsia. Beware of German and American Imitations of our fori, Erobate Hotice.

In the Matter of the estate ot Joseph W. Ward, r'eceaseti. Notice of time set fer proving will, etc. Kotice is hereby riven that a petition for the TjTObate of the will of Joeevh W. Ward, deceased, and for the issuance to Catharine M.

Ward of letters testament-ary thereon, has been filed In this court, and that Monday, the 9th dav of July. x. at 10 o'clock a. v. of said day, at the Courtroom of department Ko.

1 of said eo art, at the Courthouse in the city ef Oakland, in the county of Alameda, haa been set for the hearing at said petition, whea and where any person interested may appear ana contest tne same. Dated Jnne-20. CHAS. T. BOARDMAS, cijk.

Eoeut ce as. BetTitv Cleric SiAMLY, STOXEY A HATES, Alters cyi, dui m.j uccit bkk Too Late for Classification, pesitisa as a first rUs cook usdersiandu her sBstaesa boron, hJynd has the seat of references as te ability and Apply a ner present employer's, a IWKTITSH fJTTtT. WISHES A BIT" nation as cook la a private fiuaily i no ob lections to city or country, can Between ana 12, at 2I Eighth street near Jackssa. je21-lw CMiareii CrjforPitclier's Castoria I i wnarl is tne naraest in tae State. As an instance of the trouble aririns: from awarding eon- tracts to contractors who have not th proper machinery to do the work, look at Wilmington.

There all the. work and money is tied up because Von Schmidt went down there with one of those sucking pumps to dig rock. Of course he coolon doit. So the Government simply got a suit on its hands. It would be the same here.

air. Davis Mr. Barrell bid accord ing to the notices and specifications. iiis Dia ior areaging, filling, is clear enough on its face. He will accept the contract at his figures and Sve a bond for its perioral ance.

it r. Hackett'a dredgers were idle because he did not get this iob I think Mr. Barrell could lease them. It not, there are other dredgers which he could lease or buy. He intend to do this.

Mr. Hackett averred that Mr. Bur rell's bid was merely for dredging and filling, with nota word about removing the dredged material out into the Mr. Bishop All that the Council wants is to be certain that the next time the bids come in the contract will be let. Mr.

Carothers said be would not dis cuss the ments or demerits of any bid. Bnt he knew this that when the Council bad arrived at a definite con elusion as to who should gee the con- tract on the bids nresented objection was made that we had misunderstood the nature of the bids. So, on my motion, the matter was postponed for further investigation. Then our legal adviser told a that if we awarded the contracts on the bids we could held the forfeit checks if the contract were not accented, but tnat we wonld get into litigation over the matter, because, after reading tne specifications carefully there were apparent doubtful meanings by twhich bidders might be led into mistakes. So it is for the bast interest of everybody to reject all bidsgo back.

ana revise our wore, ana make spectn- cations so mat were can be no misapprehension in making future bids. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Caroth-er's remarks the resolution rejecting all bids and returning checks to the bidders was nnanimouslv adopted Mr. Davis suggested that in making Bp the new specifications it would be well to call in consultation the engineers employed by the several bidders. The customary resolution, directing the preparation of new specifications ana ine publication oi notice to bidders, was then adopted.

The new specifica tions are to be presented at the next meeting, air. Wilson said the Wharf Committee would appoint a time when the representatives of the bidders could meet the committee and the City engineer, so that all could act in telligently. Mr. Carothers said that the- committee would be bappv to re ceive written suggestions from those in interest. But Mr.

Mertens was not satisfied He wanted to snarl some more. He said that though the first specifications were ambiguous, the present ones are as plain as any could be. They are correct and businesslike, and drawn by an engineer who understands his business. Then he went on with his plaint about bidders not having been treated fairly, until he wore out the patience oi even sucn a patient man as Mr. Carothers.

That gentleman finally turned udou the disgruntled bidder. and said that though the specifications were so plain to Mertens, a misunder standing did arise on the question of awarding tne contract under them. But as there were bids presented far below that of Mertens, he could not see where that gentleman's kick came in. Mr. Wilson If Mr.

Mertens feels so much aggrieved he need not bid again. Other contractors just as sensible and as responsible will bid if he does not His remarks are entirelv uncalled fer. The councimien have a fair and mod erate intelligence nossiblv eoual to his. If he don't want to bid again, he snouiun'i waste paper and ink on it. This closed the debate on the wharf matter, and the Street Committee presented a report recommending the re jection ot au Dias ior constructing tne proposed sewer in Oak and Twelfth streets to the estuary because the bid of John K.

Carnenter. the lowest, was -defective, and the others unreasonably high. The com mittee also recommended that the contract for constructing the sewer on Thirty-fourth street be awarded to Ed Cavanagh. Both recommendations were given effect by resolutions. The petition in regard to the purchase of the Sather block at Market street station was read and referred to the Committee on Public Improvements.

Then Clerk Brooks read off a resolu tion in regard to street work in his hitch and kick style, and looked up as if for approval. But Sir. Wilson was not in an ap- roving niooa. tie saia: Mr. rooks 1 With all due respect to you, your reading is so rapid that it is unintelligible.

Here for several months past I have been voting awav. on all sorts of propositions, without knowing what was voting on, simply because I have so much confidence in your hon esty that I knew you would net mis represent any wing. But I'd leel like a fool if I voted ves on something which directly conceiaed my own street and my own property, and on which I wanted to vote no. The resolution was then re-read slowly and with emphasis. Mr.

Wilson immediately continued; "The reason I spy this is because I want to know what is going on, and the only way I can find out is by hearing things read nere so mat inev make an impression upon me. People come to me and ask what did you do with our petition for this, that, or the other thing. I am totally ignorant. I have to refer them to my friend Harrison, Chairman the Street Committee, because all the papers go to him. And if ever a man deserved extra compensation or a clerk, Harrison's the man, because of his auniul work on these street mat ters.

1 But when 1 want te know about these things I have to hunt him up; and sometimes he's oat to We Almshouse, or somewhere, and I can't find him. men feci like nobody." Having disposed of Mr. Brooks and nis tnp Hammer tongue, jur. Wilson next turned his attention to an ordi nance prepared by the City Engineer changing the grade of a portion of Twelfth avenue. It was proposed to pass this ordinance under a suspension of the rules, bnt Mr.

Wilson would have nothingto do with such summary procedure. He moved the reference of the ordinance to the Judiciary Com mittee, and carried his giving notice Wat be should always vote against rushing things through We Council before the committee had had time to investigate their cause and ef fect. Mr. Brown wanted to know what had become of a petition filed about a year and nau ago asking mat ugatn avenue be opened through Badger's Park. Clerk Henry said that it had been filed wltn We Council preceding tais one.

The document was re-read. and on motion referred to the Com mittee on Streets in conjunction with tne city Attorney, This also brought up Mr. Wilson. lie sam "How see nere, I'm a pretty good walker: but this Council has turned over more work to the Street Committee than it can walk over in ten months. I'd like, some authority hire a wagon, so we can rid when we look np these matters." But the Council had no pity for Mr.

Wilson's tired legs, and adjourned without anworizing him to hire even a bicycle. T. X. WhJtaav'a Bend- The official bond of Frederick E. Whitney as notary public has been hied, with G.

E. Whitaej and J. G. Ldwaxas as eareues. The Old Follower of the House of Bourbon; ro? Harlle Halls to a Little Bed Cottage.

The Bemantie Belatioa of the Bise and Fall of "The Houee of Blaixes" DjLako Merritt Everybody knows Bosso's cottage, a little two story rambling building painted dark red, on the south side of the Twelfth street dike. Rosso cot tage is just within the aristocratic Fifth ward, and it occasionally causes some troable. The license was refused some time ago, and of late the proprietor has had a hard time. Many years ago, before there was a dike across the estuary at Twelfth street, and when lake Merritt did not exist, and the flowing tide swept in and out of the estuary without obstruc tion, Rosso's cottage stood on the side. of the little hill Wat leads from Oak street down to the estuary but in those days the name "Bosso's Cottage" was unknown, and the inoffensive little red pnilding was known by We more sul phurous and neated name of "The House of not because it was a sheol of aplace4' bat because it was owned by old Charles Blaize.

"The House of Blaizes" did a good business in those days, and it was a very lively place. Frenchy, like its owner, the' place must of necessity have been gay, and it was generally regarded as very email section ot tue great I'aris itseii. Aiany ot we good people of Oakland held up their hands in holy honor at We mention of the House of Blaizes, ana many of the young bloods of Oakland smacked their lips over frogs a la pouleUe. sweet bread brethttu, and melette Muffle there of an evening, and enhanced their delight with a bottle or. two of yrllow seal Cliquot, rappee.

Be that as it may, the House ot liiaizes was known au over Oakland. and San Francisco as well, and it soon became a byword in We mouths of the little street gamins. Uot only was the House of Blaizes well known in Oakland in early days, Dnt its old owner, Charles Blaize, was equally well known. A little, old, dried np jp renchman, wno knew good wine When he tasted it, was he. He talked very little- about his past, and never confided to many We story of his lif.

in ranee, but somehow We story was told abroad that he had experienced many wonderful adventures during We troublous times in his native land, and that he had seen many stirring times under the last Bourbon King. He was looked upon as a mystery. Small boys with vivid imaginations and military longings said that he was some great jfrencn general, and young maidens with equally vivid imaginations but more romaniic longings felt sure that he must be some exiled lord or duke. Keither of these guesses was quite ght. But true it was that Charles JBlaize was in exile, but it was volun tary exile.

He was born in the gay capital of i France many, many ye rs 8go, when the gay court" of Charles was the rival of any court of Europe. He became a page to Charles, how, history does not say. Whether his father possessed any political influence, or whether he packed a convention for Charles, or waived a bandana and shouted free trade and got his reward therefor, is not known, but Blaize became a page, and a stanch royalist. When Louis Philippe ascended the threne of France, Charles Blaize worked his political influence and his attachment to his party so well Wat he was appointed Librarian to Louis and when that monarch fell, he was com pelled to nee, and he came to California, and finally settled in Wis city, while his beloved monarch spent his last days in England. By and by Blaize sold ont his prop erty was purchased bv C.

Mitchell Grant. The House of Blaizes was moved to where it now stands on some tilled ground, and this morning Sheriff naie sola at auction we ground on which it stood before it was moved to satisfy a judgment obtained by Arthur Scriviner as tmstee of the London and San Francisco Bank, limited, against C. aiitcneii urani ana outers, ine judgment is for $12,532. "Hear ye! hear yel" shouted Sheriff Hale Wis morning as he adjusted his gold rimmed eye glasses on the bndge of his classic nose, and then assumed the role of auctioneer to sell this famous bitof property to satisfy the judgment. The sun ponrea into We vmtibmle of the Courthouse and drove the spectators to the protection afforded by the cornices and posts ef the hall of justice.

The notice sale was read, and the Sheriff then announced Wat the property, which was divided into two par-eels, wonld not all be sold, bnt only that parcel of land next to the tide land, and whereon stands a little white cottage that has a history, as well as a little red cottage which has been moved dewn We hill. There was but one bid. that of Arthur Scrivner, the plaintiff in the suit, who offered 18750 for the property. C. Mitchell Grant, the principal defendant, was not present, bnt A.

C. Dietz. a defendant, because he holds a second mortgage on the property, attended the sale. The little white cottage has been the residence of several prominent indi-vidmais. For a time C.

Mitchell Grant, tke owner of We cottage, kept bachelors' ball Were, and it was recognized as the headquarters for the circle of travelers and geographers of which, he is the center. The travelers used to sit and discuss hairbreadth escapes and wonderful discoveries, while Mr. Grant extended the hospitalities of the house and brewed the best punch his guests ever tasted. Afterward John A. Stevens, the erratic actor, resided there, and in torn the little house became a gathering place for actors jus at the time when a little theatrical colony seemed to be forming in this city and Kate Castle-ton.

James M. Ward, and others of lesser note had moved hitner. For a while the little house was deserted, and while it is now occupied, its lory haa departed, and the place has een sold at Sheriff's sale. The halls where once echoed the tramp of feet that had. scaled the Sierras in '49 or climbed the snow crested peak of Mount Shasta, and the place where the merry jest and We happy langh of those who are known throughout this land for their dramatic ability, once floated ont anions the old oaks that spread their knotted arms lovingly "over-Hhe little cottage, will hear these merry sounds no more.

Old Charles Blaise is dead and thus is accomplished the Fall of the House of Blaizes. Jamleeoa aad tne Sewer. Deputy Sheriff J. C. Jameison is the Alameda man who wanted to get rich faster than a deputy's salary would permit him, so he went to sewer contracting.

The Alameda trustees allowed Sherman lake to ba drained into his sewer, which filled it np. Jamieson rued the city for $2000 damages and Judge Greene awarded him $463. There promised to be a long fight over this, for the dry wanted a new trlaL Mr. has promised to pay its bill next Jan- nary ana ne wm let tne matter arop for a while. That's What a Meeting Was Given up To.

All tbe City Wharf Bids Again Rejected by the Council. XI ii Stiri tie TongnMof tht Con trustor Mr. WilMB Sits Upta a Grumbler ui a Reader. cAfA 7jth V.nra narrnt Yiarl attended the City Council meeting last erening he would bare been moved make the same historic remark which alter his encounter with the dog: "Too much 4 talk." i The tosguester contractors or 'contractor tongnesters who precipitated their yo-cahularies into the Council ear forced the eoxmcilmen to talk back in sheer defense. So it took over an hoar to do something which had been agreed on beforehand, and the determination to do which could not nave been Iroken by all the oratory of all the hingy talkers from the mud I tits to the hills.

That agreed something was the rejection of all the bids for build ing the new City wharf, and dredging Virth Ana unnmirt hes. Thi agreement to do this was made before the meeting was called to order, and delayed the assembling till long after the usual hoar. All the council men except Kirk were present. President Bishop stated the i si on and action upon the bids submitted whar Then he quickly asked if any one had anything to say. No one said a word or made a motion.

A.ucaa nui piwou mm vuu jivivx- ation of the resolutions prepared," said the President quickly, as if desirous of warding on ttte ex pec tea snower ot 11 K. The clerk read the resolution reject- ing all the bids, and the Presiden qnickly put it to vote. But at this juncture Mr. Carother made the mis take of his life. Ue interposed, and again asked if any one wished to say anything iq regard to the proposed rejection.

Of course anyone just did want to say something, and said it at length. KT-Mavnr W. Ft. T)vi wan th firnt champion to step into the arena of de- Date, tie appeared ior a. isurreii, who had bid on the work, and whose bid the 3peaker asserted was the lowest I 1 1 I ui au, espepiauy as vj iue ureugiug.

He entered a respectful protest against the rejection of the bifis. admitting the Council's power to make the rejection, bat arguing that as the bids, had been submitted in good faith, and as the bids had all been rejected on a previous occasion, he did not think a second rejection would be treating the bidders with pioper courtesy or consideration. Mr. Burrell's bid, as a whole, was lower than any other, and especially in the matter of dredging and tilling it proposed to do the workr for $2100 or $2500 less than any-other. Bids had offered to do some portions of the work at less than cost, but that was not Mr.

xurieus proposition, xi mere was anything defective in the bids or any collusion between the bidders, all the bids should be rejected bnt if all were found to be right the citizens bidding wr entitled. saiil tn a furenmna. tition, and a fair announcement on the as presented. Mr. Barrell, he averred, was willing to take the whole job or any part or parts of it at the figures he had submitted, as he had bid in good faith.

1 President Mertens of the California Con strnction Company, the lowest bidder after McMahan A Co. on the work next elocutionis to entertain the mem-i bers. Mertens is aggressive and snarling. He talked a little roughly and finally stirred up a hornet's nest in the person of Mr. Wilson.

Mertens said that this was the second time bids had been called for. and he wanted to know whether the Council considered it fair to draw out a contractor's figures and then give all other contractors the benefit, on a second competition, of his work and brains. Some of the bids on the wora are below actual cost. To reject all the bids would not be treating Didders with that courtesy and fairness to which they are entitled. "If this motion to reject all bids prevail my company will not bid again, and I think very few others will." i This little threat brought Mr.

Wilson to bis feet. He said that as a member of the Wharf Committee he looked tiDOn the matter of accenting or relent ing bids merely as a business proposi-. tion. All bidders bid to make money on a contract, and not for their health. So it becomes the duty of every member of the city government to see that they don't make too much.

If Mr. Meitens does not see fit to bid again. the city will not lose anything by it. "We want every man to make a fair toll. We ask no man to lose one cent.

That is why we will let McMahan Co. off check. We don't want to rob anybody. It is beneath the dignity of a city like this to rob a contractor. The -next time we advertise, the specifications will be definite.

There will be seven or ten sections of the work, and the man putting in the lowest bid on each will eret the contract for that section. I think, with due consideration to Mr. Davis, that Mr. Burrell's bid on dredging is way above tiiat of anybody else. Mr.

Davis replied that Mr. Bnrrell'a bid was to do the drednn? at 34 cents per cubic yard, while all the other bids werefl per yard. It would make a difference on the contract of $2400 or $2500 in favor of Barrell. Mr. Wilson replied that in any event it would not do to give the work to two contractors who would work against each other.

It must be given to men who will work in harmony. The city does not want any bickering over the job, and when it lets a contract it wants to know that when the work is turned over it will be complete. 6o that the city will not have to spend another cent. i Then ex-Cocncilman Hackett, to whom the contract for dredging was to have been awarded, stepped among the brawlers. He said he was not there to object to anything which the Council proposed to When bids were first called for he was the only bidder on the dredging part of the work.

But the specifications were defective. He considered the whole matter of bids and specifications defective in the present instance. Especially was Mr. Burrell's bid defective. When the Council again calls for bids he said it should specify that each bidder should have the proper-machinery to carry out the work on which he bid.

If Mr. Bnrrell should be given the contract now it would simply amount to a lawsuit. He has no dreuging machinery, and there is none in the State which he can get Only the railroad people and myself have any dredgers which can do the work. When the contract is made the city should do as the United States' authorities do in similar instances make the bidders come in and show their machinery for doing the work proposed. If Barrell should get the contract he could not begin the work inside of a year, and he would have to build his dredge.

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